Higher Education: Chelmsford

Simon Burns: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010,  Official Report, 848-9W, on higher education: Chelmsford, how many applicants from  (a) West Chelmsford constituency and  (b) Chelmsford local authority area did not get a place at university in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08.

David Lammy: holding answer 1 February 2010
	The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Applicants to full-time undergraduate courses via UCAS from West Chelmsford constituency and Chelmsford local authority area 2005-06 to 2007-08 
			   Year of entry 
			   2005  2006  2007 
			  West Chelmsford constituency
			 Applicants 874 915 984 
			 Of which:
			 Obtained a place 753 786 834 
			 Unplaced 121 129 150 
			 
			  Chelmsford local authority
			 Applicants 1,372 1,402 1,517 
			 Of which:
			 Obtained a place 1,190 1,195 1,287 
			 Unplaced 182 207 230